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Just a week before Kristina Rihanoff announced she was expecting her first child with Ben Cohen , the former rugby player’s ex declared she was ready to put the hell of the last year behind her.

Abby Cohen, who has twin daughters with the 37-year-old, shared a lengthy heartfelt post on New Year’s Eve about what she’s been through and how she’s hoping to move forward in 2016.

The pair, announced they were splitting in September 2014, less than a year after he appeared alongside Kristina on Strictly Come Dancing.

A furious Abby previously said of the split: “My husband who I was with for 23 years and unconditionally loved and was completely loyal to in every respect had left me for a f***ing Russian dancer. The last two years have been the most traumatic thing that has ever happened to me. He’s done the dirty on me and I want people to know.”